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Phil Gries on the making of Harlem School 1970
TVC 638.1: From February 2018: Phil Gries joins us to discuss Harlem School 1970, an original documentary that provides an inside look at a typical day at Community School No. 30M in Harlem, New York, where Phil taught for three years before embarking on his long career as an award-winning cinematographer for film and television. Filmed, produced and directed by Phil Gries, Harlem School 1970 is an early example of "direct cinema," a form of documentary storytelling that allows viewers to watch the narrative unfold and shape their own meaning without narration or outside interviews.
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